Bloomberg - The First Word

Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Adam Cole, head of global currency strategy at Royal Bank of Canada, says "the hurdle for bad news to damage the euro is quite high." Cole talks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Mark Mills on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Elga Bartsch, chief European economist at Morgan Stanley & Co. International in London, says the European recession will "get worse." Bartsch talks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Mark Mills on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Alex White, an economist at JPMorgan Chase in London, says Greece will probably receive a "bridging mechanism" to fund its debt for at least the next year. White talks with Bloomberg's Mark Mills and Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Sebastien Galy, a senior foreign-exchange strategist at Societe Generale SA in New York, says risk aversion by investors will drive the dollar higher against the euro and the yen. White talks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Mark Mills on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Carsten Brzeski, a senior economist at ING Group, says the German economy will continue to expand as much of the rest of Europe contracts. Brzeski talks with Bloomberg's Mark Mills and Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Neil Dutta, head of U.S. economics at Renaissance Macro Research LLC in New York, says there is a "90 percent likelihood" of some fiscal tightening next year in the U.S. Dutta talks with Bloomberg's Mark Mills and Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Peter Dixon, global equities economist at Commerzbank AG, says the selloff of stocks last week was "overdone." Dixon talks with Bloomberg's Mark Mills and Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at Bank of New York Mellon Corp. in London, says the fact that the dollar and the yen have been performing well over the past week "is quite telling." Derrick talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Saywell, the head of foreign-exchange strategy in London at BNP Paribas, says the Federal Reserve is likely to "likely to increase its balance sheet expansion" in December and that will weaken the dollar. Saywell talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Kevin Gardiner, head of investment strategy for EMEA at Barclays Plc's wealth management unit, says he "doubts there will be a big reversal in stocks." Gardiner talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Pierpont Securities LLC in Stamford, Connecticut, says investment taxes are going up and will have a "significant negative impact on the economy over time." Stanley talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Drew Matus, an economist at UBS Securities LLC, says the overall trend for the U.S. is "choppy," but up. Matus talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg political analyst Matthew Dowd says the election results show that it will be "very hard for Republicans to win a national election." Dowd talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Wendy Schiller, a professor of political science at Brown University, says Tuesday's election shows states "moving to a stark divide." Schiller talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Barry Ritholtz, chief executive officer of Fusioniq, says "if there is a big looser after the defeat of Mitt Romney, it's the defense sector." Ritholtz talks with Bloomberg's Ken Prewitt on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)